The Science and Education Department (科學敎育部) under the Korean Workers Party Central Committee (조선노동당중앙위원회) exercises overall supervision, but the Department of Higher Education (고등교육부) in the Ministry of Education (교육성) manages administrative affairs.

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In 1994, the Korea National Defense College reportedly had a physics department that was conducting nuclear research, but this report is unsubstantiated. Defector Kenki Aoyama says the Korea National Defense College in Kanggye provides instruction on the production, operation procedures and launching of missiles. According to defector Ko Yŏng Hwan, his brother Ko Bang Nam graduated from the college's Rocket Engine Department (로켓發動機學部).

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